How will data change if it is presented not only simply in written text but through dramatic presentation? The data for this exploration comes from a doctoral project investigating rural parents’ engagement in education ...

Clark, C.; Tan, A.C.(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Political Science and International Relations, 2016)

Over the past twenty years, there have been two important trends in
Taiwan’s political economy whose contradictory implications provide an
important explanation for the dramatic events of 2014. The logic of each
pulls ...

Maidment, J.; Crisp, B(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political Sciences, 2010)

Nine mature aged, experienced practitioners enrolled to gain a BSW qualification in social work were interviewed regarding a course requirement to complete the first placement. At the time of interview no recognition of ...

The success of female athletes in the 1996 Olympics brought with it a great deal of optimism that women in sport would finally receive acceptance for their athletic talents. This optimism was concomitantly fueled by the ...

Matheson, D.(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Media and Communications, 2007)

This paper explores the discourses of popular legitimacy deployed by New Zealand journalists. It studies in particular the ways that journalists reflect upon their relationship with “the people”, through their comments in ...

This research explores the practical application of a widely held, utopian belief that the
Internet remains a strong democratizing tool because of its inherent interactive capabilities. Through
an analysis of 70 non-profit ...

Frost, A.; Ware, J.; Boer, D.P.(University of Canterbury. School of Social Work and Human Services., 2009)

There is now a considerable literature on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. There exists another substantial literature on therapeutic groupwork and its relevance to a range of clinical populations. These ...

Kenix, L.J.(University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. Media and Communication and Journalism, 2008)

Although research has urged scholars and practitioners to develop the Internet as a
democratic tool, little research has examined how users actually use the Internet and how the
Internet is conceptualized by those who ...

This paper explores the interpretative resources which news and features journalists
in Aotearoa New Zealand draw on in making sense of their reporting on Māori people
and themes. As many commentators and scholars have ...

Millar, P.(University of Canterbury. School of HumanitiesUniversity of Canterbury. English, 2009)

An account of interviewing Tuwhare shortly before he died, along with some commentary on his relationship with novelist Bill Pearson, and a transcript of some of the interview with a sound file, and images.

Clark, L.; MacGougan, H.; Hay, J.; Walsh, L.(University of Canterbury. School of Language, Social and Political SciencesUniversity of Canterbury. LinguisticsUniversity of Canterbury. New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain&Behaviour, 2016)

This paper demonstrates how spoken data, collected using sociolinguistic methods, can have
multiple applications. It can be a resource for tackling real-world problems, it can be a platform for
community engagement and ...

This article reports the results of an investigation involving a select number of former prisoners with completed PhDs, who applied for work as tenure-track criminology/criminal justice professors. It attempts to place ...

High connectivity at tertiary institutions, and students who are often equipped with laptops and/or tablets as well as smartphones, have resulted in language learners being able to freely access technology and the internet. ...

Hume, E.(University of Canterbury. School of Languages Cultures and LinguisticsUniversity of Canterbury. Linguistics, 2003)

In
this paper I draw on evidence from familiar criteria
for diagnosing markedness values to argue that
markedness is best determined on a language specific
basis. I will further conclude that markedness
considerations ...

The children of migrants grow up with influence from at least two cultures, and they must negotiate their path to adulthood through one or more ethnicities and one or more language varieties that may set them apart from ...

This article synthesizes an intern’s experience assessing the University of
Canterbury’s (UC) theatre and concert music program ephemera collection for its teaching and research potential, and evaluating its storage ...